"Eorl Crabtree Eorl Crabtree (born October 2, 1982) is an English former professional rugby league footballer who played for the Huddersfield Giants in the European Super League and England. His primary playing position was prop forward, he spent his entire playing career at Huddersfield. Born in Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire, Crabtree has lived in Meltham since he was three years old and attended Honley High School. He is the nephew of legendary professional wrestler Shirley ""Big Daddy"" Crabtree, himself a former professional rugby league footballer who played for Bradford Northern, although he never made an appearance for the first team. Crabtree signed"
"other brother Max was a booker for – and later proprietor of – Joint Promotions. His nephews Steve and Scott Crabtree also had wrestling careers – Steve wrestled in the 1980s, and 1990s, billed as 'Greg Valentine' (named after the American wrestler of the same name) while Scott wrestled as Scott Valentine. Both worked as tag team partners for their uncle. Another nephew Eorl Crabtree was a Huddersfield and England international rugby league player. Crabtree died of a stroke in December 1997 in Halifax General Hospital. He was survived by his second wife of 31 years, Eunice and six children."
"in Shirley Crabtree, a young body builder who won the title after it was vacated by Assirati who retired through injury in 1960. BWF disappeared, together with the young Shirley Crabtree in the early 1960s. The opposition to Joint came from the young Australian promoter, Paul Lincoln. By 1975, the stranglehold of Joint promotions had almost crumbled, with many of its founding members retiring and the company being bought out several times, leading to the wrestling industry being run by a public company with little experience of the unique business. Finally, promotions were left in the hands of Max Crabtree,"
"the brother of Shirley, who was headhunted by Joint as the most experienced booker still in the business. Crabtree produced the next boom in British wrestling by creating the legend of ""Big Daddy"", the alter ego of Shirley, who had been unemployed for the best part of 15 years. Basing a whole cartel around one performer, however, though good for television, did nothing for live events and promotion once again began losing interest. On 28 September 1985, ""World of Sport"" was taken off the air. Wrestling instead got its own show, but the time slot changed from week to week,"
"Neville (wrestler) Benjamin Satterley (born 22 August 1986) is an English professional wrestler. He is currently working primarily for Dragon Gate and also on the international independent circuit under the ring name Pac (stylised as PAC). In DG, he is the current Open the Dream Gate Champion in his first reign and a member of the villainous R.E.D. stable. He is best known for his time in WWE under the ring name Neville. Satterley is noted for his high flying style and aerial attacks, which has earned him the nickname ""The Man That Gravity Forgot"". He began his wrestling career"
"""The Battling Guardsman"" Shirley Crabtree later known as 'Big Daddy', up on to his shoulders, then calmly walked to a corner carrying him and finished the bout with his famous Kamikaze Crash, walking out the ring as Crabtree was being counted out. In December 1975, he was successfully unmasked on television by Big Daddy (in a bout which Nagasaki won), starting a violent feud between the two. The unmasking occurred two years before he had an official ceremonial unmasking ceremony at the Civic Hall, Wolverhampton in what was one of the most anticipated and most viewed moments in ITV's ""World"
"He debuted on March 7, 1981, wrestling for the World Wrestling Federation under the ring name ""Chris Canyon"". In the early years of his career, he used the names ""Chris Canyon"" and ""Chris Cannon"". In 1982, Pallies relocated to Texas, where he joined the World Class Wrestling Association. Bundy was developed by the Von Erich family as ""Big Daddy Bundy"" (a combination of Shirley Crabtree's ""Big Daddy"" moniker and the surname of psychopathic serial killer, Ted Bundy). He wore blue jeans with a rope belt and was a fan favorite. After a dispute with the Von Erich family, Bundy was"
"Sherri Martel Sherri Schrull (born Sherri Russell, February 8, 1958 – June 15, 2007) was an American professional wrestler and manager, better known by her ring names, Sherri Martel and Sensational Sherri. Martel began her professional wrestling career in the Mid South after training in Columbia, South Carolina. She joined the American Wrestling Association (AWA) in the mid-1980s and held its AWA World Women's Championship three times. In the late 1980s, she joined the World Wrestling Federation (WWF), where she held the WWF Women's Championship. Also in the WWF, Martel continued to act as a manager to wrestlers such as"
"Cherry (wrestler) Kara Elizabeth Drew (born July 15, 1975) is an American retired professional wrestler and valet, best known under the ring name Cherry. She worked for World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) as the manager of former Tag Team Champions, Deuce 'n Domino, and as a performer for its SmackDown brand. After becoming interested in wrestling, Drew worked on the independent circuit under the ring names Miss Kara and Kara Slice. She was assigned to WWE's developmental territory Ohio Valley Wrestling (OVW) in Louisville, Kentucky in 2005, to continue her wrestling training. While situated at OVW, she used the name Cherry"
"shaven-headed image. This version of Murphy held the British Light Heavyweight Championship in 1995, and also formed the Riot Squad tag team with Fit Finlay. Skull Murphy John Joseph Murphy (December 7, 1930 – March 23, 1970) was a Canadian professional wrestler better known by his ring name Skull Murphy. He began his career wrestling in Canada and later worked at Jim Crockett Promotions and Georgia Championship Wrestling in the United States. In the 1960s, he teamed with Brute Bernard in the World Wide Wrestling Federation and won championships in several professional wrestling promotions. In his later career, he worked"
"Kimber Lee Kimberly Frankele (born June 27, 1990) is an American professional wrestler. She is known for her work on both the American and international independent circuits, as Kimber Lee, most notably as part of The Kimber Bombs alongside Cherry Bomb. Collectively, they have held both the Shine Tag Team Championship and the Shimmer Tag Team Championship at the same time. She has also formerly held the WSU Tag Team Championship along with Annie Social, and the Chikara Grand Championship as Princess KimberLee. She also wrestled for WWE between 2016 and 2018 as Abbey Laith, where she unsuccessfully challenged for"
"Josh Abercrombie Joshua Raymond (born April 13, 1984) is an American professional wrestler, also known by the ring name Josh Abercrombie. He is best known for his tenures in Independent Wrestling Association Mid-South, Juggalo Championship Wrestling, Ring of Honor and the short-lived Wrestling Society X. Raymond, under the ring name Josh Abercrombie, debuted for Ian Rotten's Independent Wrestling Association Mid-South promotion on October 23, 2003 in a match against Steve Stone. He continued competing across Midwestern independent promotions before returning to IWA Mid-South in October 2004. Between January and February in 2005, he began a feud against Ian Rotten, which"
"tv saw the eclipse of Joint Promotions from its dominant position in the British wrestling scene. The promotion, renamed Ring Wrestling Stars (RWS) in 1991, continued to tour the old venues with Big Daddy in the headline slot until his retirement in December 1993 after suffering a stroke. Even then, Max Crabtree continued to tour, using the same business model, with British–born former WWF star ""British Bulldog"" Davey Boy Smith replacing Daddy as the headlining household name, until Smith was lured back to the WWF in the summer of 1994. Thereafter, RWS went into decline and eventually ceased promoting in"
"ChickFight. Jetta (wrestler) Victoria Owen (born 6 August 1987) is a British professional wrestler who wrestles as Jetta. She is best known for her work on the independent circuit in England with various promotions including LDN Wrestling, ChickFight and Real Quality Wrestling where she is the current Women's Champion. She also wrestles in America with Shimmer Women Athletes, where she is part of the alliance The International Home Wrecking Crew. She has primarily performed as a villainous character, using the gimmick of an arrogant and outspoken individual earning her the name 'Coventry's Loudest'. ""Fighting Spirit Magazine"" exclusively named her and"
"Promotions at the end of the 1960s. By 1975, the stranglehold of Joint Promotions had almost crumbled, with many of its founding members retiring and the company being bought out several times, leading to the wrestling industry being run as a private subsidiary of state-run bookmakers William Hill PLC a public company whose staff had little experience of the unique business. Finally promotions were left in the hands of Max Crabtree, the brother of Shirley, who was headhunted by Joint as the most experienced booker still in the business. Crabtree produced the next boom in British wrestling by creating the"
"champion (won by Billy Joyce), Assirati continued to claim it within the BWF. The group later built itself around a new champion in Shirley Crabtree, a young bodybuilder who won the title after it was vacated by Assirati while injured in 1960. The BWF faded away in the late 1960s after a campaign of pestilence by a disgruntled Assirati (vastly superior as a shooter to Crabtree) in the form of unsolicited appearances and challenges to his successor at BWF shows, eventually resulting in the abrupt retirement of Crabtree in 1966. Lincoln's own promotion was bought out and amalgamated into Joint"
"Championship in Joint Promotions and a disputed branch of the British Heavyweight title in the independent British Wrestling Federation before he quit in 1966 following a (non-""kayfabe"") campaign of harassment by former champion Bert Assirati. He retired for roughly six years. During the 1960s Crabtree owned an underground nightclub in Bradford which is now called Sunbridge Wells. In 1972, Crabtree returned to Joint Promotions as a villain with a gimmick of the Battling Guardsman based on his former service with the Coldstream. It was during this period that he made his first appearances on ""World of Sport"" on ITV. Not"
"Drew McDonald Drew McDonald (born Charles Shaw, name changed via deed poll; 16 June 1955 – 9 February 2015) was a Scottish professional wrestler. He was best known for wrestling in the United Kingdom since the 1980s. McDonald, born Charles Shaw, first got into wrestling when friend of his who ran a school in Perth for wayward children was promoting a wrestling show to make funds for the school. Ian Law who held a splinter claim to the British Middleweight Championship at the time (the main lineage being held by Brian ""Goldbelt"" Maxine) was helping his friend run the show."
"to Kennedy Kendrick by countout. Bam Neely Justin Bruce Rocheleau (born June 18, 1975) is an American former professional wrestler. He is best known for his stint with World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) on its ECW brand under the ring name Bam Neely (a take-off of retired professional ice hockey player Cam Neely's nickname). Rocheleau started his career wrestling in the tag team known as the ""Hellraisers"". He wrestled under the name ""Hellraiser Gutz"" and was trained and mentored by his uncle Richard Martin, who wrestled as ""Hellraiser Blood"". They traveled across the United States, winning several tag team championships from"
"Archie Bradley (boxer) Archie Bradley (4 January 1897 – 27 March 1969) was an Australian professional boxer of the 1920s. Also known as the ""Gympie Whirlwind"" or the ""Gympie Tornado"", Archie Bradley was the Australian Welterweight Champion from 1922–1924. At the height of his popularity Bradley was afforded huge publicity with whole pages of magazines and newspapers devoted to his boxing career. It was not uncommon for over 12,000 fans to fill stadiums in Brisbane and Sydney to watch him fight. In the 1920s his stamina and athletic ability as both a boxer and a professional rugby league footballer became"
"Jay Bradley Bradley Thomas Jay (born November 17, 1980) is an American professional wrestler, best known for his time in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling under the ring names of Jay Bradley and Aiden O'Shea. He also appeared in World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) as Ryan Braddock in 2008. Bradley started his wrestling training at the Steel Domain Wrestling school in Chicago, where he trained with wrestlers including CM Punk and Colt Cabana. Bradley suffered several setbacks in his career as he suffered from an overactive thyroid. He worked for several independent promotions in the Mid-West, most notably for IWA Mid-South, before"
"Jetta (wrestler) Victoria Owen (born 6 August 1987) is a British professional wrestler who wrestles as Jetta. She is best known for her work on the independent circuit in England with various promotions including LDN Wrestling, ChickFight and Real Quality Wrestling where she is the current Women's Champion. She also wrestles in America with Shimmer Women Athletes, where she is part of the alliance The International Home Wrecking Crew. She has primarily performed as a villainous character, using the gimmick of an arrogant and outspoken individual earning her the name 'Coventry's Loudest'. ""Fighting Spirit Magazine"" exclusively named her and early"
"Rachel Summerlyn Rachel Childres (born July 1, 1986) is an American retired professional wrestler best known by her ring name Rachel Summerlyn. She wrestled for several independent wrestling promotions, most notably for Shimmer Women Athletes and IWA Mid-South. She formerly performed for several Northern United States-based independent promotions as well as the all-female promotion Shimmer Women Athletes. Under her original ring name Rachel Putski, she was billed as the granddaughter of former professional wrestler and 1995 WWF Hall of Famer Ivan Putski, though they are not actually related or otherwise associated. Rachel made her debut as Rachel Putski and on"
"Skull Murphy John Joseph Murphy (December 7, 1930 – March 23, 1970) was a Canadian professional wrestler better known by his ring name Skull Murphy. He began his career wrestling in Canada and later worked at Jim Crockett Promotions and Georgia Championship Wrestling in the United States. In the 1960s, he teamed with Brute Bernard in the World Wide Wrestling Federation and won championships in several professional wrestling promotions. In his later career, he worked primarily in Australia. Murphy grew up in Hamilton, Ontario. As a child, he developed a disease that prevented him from growing any hair on his"
"Oliver Humperdink John Jay Sutton (January 16, 1949March 20, 2011), better known by his ring name Oliver Humperdink, was an American professional wrestling manager and occasional professional wrestler who worked for Jim Crockett Promotions, Florida Championship Wrestling and the World Wrestling Federation. In the early and mid 1960s, John Sutton began to get to know several wrestlers while working as an usher in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He eventually landed a job as a security guard for the American Wrestling Association (AWA). In 1973, he met Paul Vachon when he went to work at Grand Prix Wrestling (GPW) in Montreal. At GPW,"
"Amber O'Neal Kimberly Dawn Davis (born June 22, 1974) is an American professional wrestler, better known by her ring name Amber O'Neal. She formerly wrestled in Ring of Honor (ROH) in their ""Women of Honor"" division as well as various promotions on the U.S. independent circuit. She has also appeared in New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW) as a valet for the villainous Bullet Club stable, where she was billed as Amber Gallows. She was also NWA World Women's Champion, during her stint as a Bullet Club associate. Davis got into wrestling after watching it with a friend who was a"
"the second reign, the title was renamed ""Zero1 Pro Wrestling USA Midwest Women's Championship"". MsChif Rachel Frobel (née Collins) is an American professional wrestler who is better known by her ring name MsChif. She has been wrestling since 2001 and in that time has worked for several independent promotions across the United States, with guest matches in England and Japan. She is known for her banshee gimmick, howling at her opponents and referees who stand in her way, as well as her unusually flexible body that allows her to perform, and be subjected to, modified submission holds. For two years,"
"Raw"" with the words ""RIP Drew McDonald"" written on her arms. Drew McDonald Drew McDonald (born Charles Shaw, name changed via deed poll; 16 June 1955 – 9 February 2015) was a Scottish professional wrestler. He was best known for wrestling in the United Kingdom since the 1980s. McDonald, born Charles Shaw, first got into wrestling when friend of his who ran a school in Perth for wayward children was promoting a wrestling show to make funds for the school. Ian Law who held a splinter claim to the British Middleweight Championship at the time (the main lineage being held"
"Kerry Brown (wrestler) Kerry Brown (February 3, 1958 – September 10, 2009) was a Canadian professional wrestler. Brown was best known for working in Stampede Wrestling in the 1980s under his real name, but also wrestled in Puerto Rico, Montreal and the Maritimes using the ring name Rick Valentine. Brown began wrestling in 1979 in promotions located in Winnipeg. The following year, in 1980, began working in Kansas City, in the same promotion that his uncle ""Bulldog"" Bob Brown worked for. He then began working for Stampede Wrestling, a promotion based in Calgary. He quickly became known as a tag"
"Dawn Marie Psaltis Dawn Marie Psaltis (born November 3, 1970) is an American actress, retired professional wrestler and professional wrestling valet. She is perhaps best known for her appearances with Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW) and the SmackDown! brand of World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) under her ring name Dawn Marie. Before entering the sports entertainment industry, Psaltis made her living in real estate. After deciding to pursue a career in modeling or acting, Psaltis began managing wrestlers on the independent circuit after meeting a wrestling promoter. She signed a deal with ECW after what was supposed to be a three-week stint."
"told him to drink his tea before it got ""stone cold,"" and suggested he use the nickname. She was also instrumental in the creation of the ""Austin 3:16"" catchphrase. On 4 May 2016, Clarke released her autobiography, ""Through The Shattered Glass"" through Amazon. Lady Blossom Jeanie Clarke (born April 4, 1959) is a retired English professional wrestling manager and author. She is best known for her appearances with the American professional wrestling promotions the United States Wrestling Association and World Championship Wrestling from 1990 to 1991 under the respective ring names Jeanie Adams and Lady Blossom as the valet for"
"under the ring name Wayne Shamrock. After ACW folded, he moved on to the George Scott/Paul Jones-run company South Atlantic Pro Wrestling (which initially promoted under the banner of the North American Wrestling Association) and changed his ring name to Vince Torelli. Later he adopted the nickname ""Mr. Wrestling"" and a more villainous persona. In June 1990, after being inspired by Dean Malenko, Shamrock applied for the American tryouts of Japanese Universal Wrestling Federation in Florida. As it was a shoot-style promotion, where real strikes and holds were used, Shamrock was put to spar legitimately against other participants, among them"
"Davey Boy Smith David ""Davey Boy"" Smith (27 November 1962 – 18 May 2002) was a English professional wrestler. Born in Golborne, Lancashire, Smith is best known for his appearances in the United States with the World Wrestling Federation under his own name and under the ring name The British Bulldog. He was trained by Ted Betley in Winwick, England before relocating to Calgary, Alberta, Canada to further his training under Stu Hart. While training with Hart, Smith met Stu and Helen Hart's youngest daughter Diana, whom he married on 7 October 1984. One of their two children, Harry, is"